URC 2024/25

That was certainly true in years past, alright. I remember years it would only have run during international weeks, and other years that it started during the November internationals, stopped and then ran during the Six Nations again and through to the end of the season.

However I’ve gone back and checked and it’s started in September for the last two years. Granted there was the RWC last year and it was effectively their highlights show for that.

Now, when it’s run has I think been very dependant on what rights RTE have had. They don’t have EPCR highlights rights at the moment, so it doesn’t run after EPCR weekends. Equally, RTE won’t have the rights to the AIs this year, so it would be odd to use them to launch the show like they might have done in the past when they mightnt have had URC highlights rights.

It’s the nearest thing to a URC highlights show on linear tv in Ireland, so hopefully it will make a reappearance later in the season.